Scientific Name	Saurida wanieso   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Shindo & Yamada, 1972	Depth	30 - 100M
Chinese	鱷蛇鯔	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	合齒魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F187　Synodontidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	鱷蛇鯔
Max Length	65 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	狗母梭、絲鰭蜥魚、狗母(澎湖) 、汕狗母(澎湖)、粗鱗狗母(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、South West、North、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	East China Sea
Synonyms	Saurida tumbil
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)；中國動物誌-燈籠魚目(陳等, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.3(FAO,1999)  Ogilby, J. D. 1910 朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳素芝 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055556. ASIZP0061445. ASIZP0061690. ASIZP0061691. ASIZP0061843. ASIZP0065930. ASIZP0065948. ASIZP0065965. ASIZP0068130. ASIZP0070521. ASIZP0070524. ASIZP0075079. ASIZP0075080. ASIZP0077797. ASIZP0700354. ASIZP0800634. ASIZP0800635. ASIZP0800636. ASIZP0803891. ASIZP0806621. ASIZP0806622. ASIZP0900138. ASIZP0900139. ASIZP0900227. ASIZP0910634. ASIZP0910635. ASIZP0910636. ASIZP0913891. ASIZP0916621. ASIZP0916622. MTP0009. NMMBP00005. NMMBP00500. NMMBP00910. NMMBP01205. NMMBP01700. NMMSTP00557. ...List all 38 records...
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Lizardfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, slender, and cylindrical. Eye moderate. Adipose eyelid on anterior and posterior margins of eye. Mouth large, gape tending obliquely. Upper jaw not protractile, bordered its entire length by premaxilla, its length more than 1/2 head length and extending well past posterior margin of orbit. 2 teeth bands on palatines, and teeth on vomer and tongue. Branchiostegals 13. Head and body with cycloid scales; Lateral-line scales with 54 to 56; scales not enlarged, not extending beyond base of caudal fin, procurrent and primary caudal-fin rays with scales. Predorsal scales 20 to 30. Dorsal fin about midway on back, with 10-12 rays, second (occasionally third andfourth) ray elongate and filamentous; anal fin with 9-11; pectoral fins short, reaching to base of pelvic fins; caudal fin forked, upper lobe longer than lower. Body pale yellowish brown, inside of pectoral fins uniformly dusky; upper edge of caudal fin without spots or bars; lower edge of caudal fin dusky.
habitats	Occurs on mud and sand bottoms of the continental shelf and inshore waters in depths of 140 to 220 m.
Distribution	Widespread in the West Pacific from the East China Sea to eastern Australia. It found in southwestern and northeastern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Is..
Utility	Marketed fresh, or made into fish balls or fish meals.